Meeting Chris Carnel at 16 introduced me into a world of snow filled landscapes, professional snowboarding, desert lunar landings, skateparks, coffee shops, insane photography, reno and obscure punk and metal bands. Thanks, Chris. Your influence has been immense. Click here for an awesome read with Chris.
Santa Cruz Skateboards has been making “cruisers” long before “longboarding” was synonmous with that one brand from Southern California. These “cruzers” are the real deal. Santa Cruz just released a gang load of new one’s, here are wreckreation’s favorites:
Pharaoh. 8.3 x 32.5
Art by the master, Jim Phillips. Two graphic choices. Straight outta Egypt. Comes available as deck only, wall hanger, or as the catacomb complete. Either way, it’s a win win.
Jammer Big Strip. 8.9 x 35
This is like the board being skated in the first photo above (regular jammer strip), but this cruzer re-tooled a wee bit bigger. Comes with Bullet 140s and Road Rider 65mm wheels (78a’s). Good setup, bro.
Goddess. 9.3 x 36
The graphic says it all. The goddess will make you happy.
These cruzers are available now worldwide.
Get out and skate, friends.
Creature won this year’s Tranworld Skate & Create contest with the following video below. Knew this was a winner when I saw it premiere here at NHS a month or so back.
The Steve Olson narration pretty much wins ya over instantly.
David Gravette displays stellar skateboard skills in front of drunk bar crowds.
Emmanuel Guzman threw down inside the bar.
The video that changed everything. Creature’s winning skate & create. Watch this and eat your heart out.
4 new creature offerings. Happy Valentine’s Day.
Some classic Christian Hosoi reissues coming out of the Santa Cruz factory. Limited to 450 each. 3 colorways.
These boards came out really great. Two more Hosoi issues planned with Santa Cruz. Get these before they are history.
A gun that you can skateboard? Yup.
Jason Jessee skateboarding his AK-47 board at his secret compound. You can’t go to Jason Jessee’s secret compound and skate with him, or shoot guns out back, but you can buy his board. This thing is sick.
Available now at finer skate shops worldwide.
New colorways from Santa Cruz Skateboards to put under your feet.
Rob Roskopp Face. Shown in Pink & Camo (also available – red & purple). 15.375″ wheelbase. 9.5 x 31
Rob Roskopp Face 2. Shown in Black & Natural (Also available in purple). 14.5 – 15 adjustable wheelbase. 9.9 x 30.8
Jason Jessee Guadalupe. Shown in Red & Green (also available in purple and yellow). 15″ wheelbase. 9.9 x 31.8
Keith Meek Slasher. Shown in Green & Black N Blue (also available in Pink, White & Black). 15″ wheelbase. 10 x 31.125
These are insane to ride, fun to collect and look great on your living room wall. Ask for them at your local skateshop.
A marionette is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations. A marionette’s puppeteer is called a manipulator. No strings needed with these Santa Cruz Skateboards Marionette Series. No need to manipulate strings when you could manipulate a skateboard with your feet. Bang! Everybody happy.
Emmanuel Guzman Marionette 8.0
Sid Melvin Marionette 8.2
Nilton Neves Marionette 8.26
Justin Strubing Marionette 7.9
Available at cooler skate shops world wide this very moment.
Go skateboarding.
More new releases to follow shortly.
The art department over here at NHS decided to throw an art show. They invited the whole company to participate. We all got together to drink beer, eat free sushi, chocolate chip cookies and drink pabst blue ribbon.
Emmanuel Guzman makes some rad grip tape art.
Cryptic trinkets.
Crazy Darren Lee photo collage. This must have taken forever. Includes a male ball sack.
Jason Arnold pulls from the past and draws for the future. Next level shit for sure.
bird yurt. brilliant. squirrel’s might like it more, though.
Thomas Campbell contributed some stuff to the show. No big deal at all. Such a cool art show. Get out there and make some art.
Headed north last week to Sacramento. The Golden Bear of Cal Expo awaited me. This bear kicks some major ass.
If you didn’t already know, Heckler Magazine is back up and rolling. Thanks JP for all the new gear.
&work is a new work wear brand out of San Francisco. Good stuff.
Javier Coupe from Boards N Motion with the new Burton skateboard, err, I mean, new Burton snowboard. Sick graphic.
It was getting pretty nipply over at the volcom booth.
I guess it’s better than having ass crack in your face at the vans booth.
It was tent city over at the nhs booth.
That’s a brown bear face mask and oven mitt to boot.
Corey Smith dressed his girlfriend up in black metal and it’s got to be the coolest capita board of 12/13 season and one of the best graphics of the year. Makes your eyes bleed and your penis hard.
One of Halldor Helgason’s Lobster snowboards. This is a rad board not too be missed.
Some of the Rome line-up for 12/13 season. That’s their splitboard second from the left.
Don’t pass up an opportunity to skate the granite skatepark when you are in Sacto.
Live from camp smokey where the fire danger is extreme. Over and out.
Another wonderful match made in hell. The fine folks at creature skateboards have teamed up with artist jay howell and the band trash talk for the ultimate in skateboards, music videos and eternal world domination. Bow down.
